21 Provisions
CHF 1,000 | Warranties
| WEEE1
| Legal cases
| Other
| Total 2015
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Balance at January 1, 2015 | 10,944 | 997 | 497 | 7,780 | 20,218 |
Acquisition through business combination | 632 | – | – | 1,005 | 1,637 |
Provisions made | 1,074 | 87 | 321 | 1,467 | 2,949 |
Provisions used | (2,738) | – | (471) | (416) | (3,625) |
Provisions reversed | (251) | – | – | (26) | (277) |
Translation differences | (191) | (83) | (21) | (173) | (468) |
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Balance at December 31, 2015 | 9,470 | 1,001 | 326 | 9,637 | 20,434 |
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Thereof current | 9,470 | – | 326 | 6,590 | 16,386 |
Thereof non-current | – | 1,001 | – | 3,047 | 4,048 |
1 WEEE = waste electrical and electronic equipment (directive 2002/96/EC)
CHF 1,000 | Warranties
| WEEE1
| Legal cases
| Other
| Total 2016
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Balance at January 1, 2016 | 9,470 | 1,001 | 326 | 9,637 | 20,434 |
Acquisition through business combination | 286 | – | – | 2,337 | 2,623 |
Provisions made | 8,996 | 60 | – | 1,859 | 10,915 |
Provisions used | (6,548) | – | – | (1,112) | (7,660) |
Provisions reversed | (273) | (49) | (164) | (45) | (531) |
Translation differences | (8) | (34) | (1) | 57 | 14 |
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Balance at December 31, 2016 | 11,923 | 978 | 161 | 12,733 | 25,795 |
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Thereof current | 11,923 | – | 161 | 9,512 | 21,596 |
Thereof non-current | – | 978 | – | 3,221 | 4,199 |
- WEEE = waste electrical and electronic equipment (directive 2002/96/EC)
The provision for legal cases (2016: CHF 0.2 million and 2015: CHF 0.3 million) relates to several legal cases with former customers and employees in different subsidiaries, for which the timing of settlement was uncertain at year-end.
The position ‘other’ contains provisions to cover commitments relating to other non-current employee benefits (2016: CHF 3.0 million and 2015: CHF 2.8 million), to parts and material for discontinued products (2016: CHF 4.9 million and 2015: CHF 5.1 million), to regulatory issues (2016: CHF 0.3 million and 2015: CHF 1.3 million), to controversial transactional tax positions (2016: CHF 4.1 million and 2015: CHF 0.0 million) and to several minor items (2016: CHF 0.4 million and 2015: CHF 0.4 million).
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